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=== Strategies for supporting ELLs in the classroom and beyond ===
Allowing students to translanguage, or alternate, between English and their native language is an essential strategy for English-language learners. In the classroom, English-language learners can often feel intimidated when asked to speak, so when students are allowed to use their first language to help produce their second language, it lessens some of the anxiety that can occur.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Gonzalez|date=2014-12-11|title=12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom |url=https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Cult of Pedagogy|language=en}}</ref> Oftentimes in the classroom, teachers ask students to communicate complex ideas and translanguingtranslanguaging helps students do this. In this case, teachers are not concerned so much about their language output, but rather if they are able to communicate their ideas.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|date=2016-07-26|title=What is translanguaging?|url=https://ealjournal.org/2016/07/26/what-is-translanguaging/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=EAL Journal|language=en}}</ref> By allowing students to translanguage in the classroom, it allows students to process and convey their ideas in a lower-risk output situation (worksheets) that can lead to more high-risk output situations (essays and projects).<ref name=":22" />
 
When it comes to writing, constant and a variety of feedback needs to be given. This could be about syntax or sentence structures, which feedback could be given on a rubric.<ref name=":02"/> Modeling effective writing is also an essential strategy, which can be done by vocalizing their reasoning for choice in vocabulary, sentence structure, and even purpose for writing.<ref name=":02" /> Teachers should chunk writing steps into manageable sections for English-language learners.<ref name=":02" />